Tuesday, January 17, 2012

       
[1706 - Benjamin Franklin, Founding Father, born in Boston, Massachusetts]

[1871 - Andrew Smith Hallidie patents his first cable car (in San Francisco)]

   
[1880 - Mack Sennett (Michael Sinnott), director silent films, born near Montreal, Quebec]

   
[1882 - Noah Nicholas Beery, actor, born in Kansas City, Missouri]

[1891 - Marjorie Gateson, actress, born in Brooklyn]

   
[1899 - Al (Alphonse Gabriel) Capone, gangster, born in Brooklyn]

   
[1926 - Moira Shearer, ballerina, actress, born in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland]

[1927 - Eartha Kitt, singer, born near Columbia, South Carolina]

   
[1929 - Jacques Plante, NHL Hall of Fame goalie, born in Mauricie, Quebec]

[1933 - Shari Lewis (Sonia Phyllis Hurwitz),
ventriloquist, puppeteer, born in New York City]

[1949 - First Volkswagen Beetle arrives in US from Germany]

   
[1949 - Andy (Andrew Geoffrey) Kaufman, comedian, actor, born in New York City]

[1955 - USS Nautilus (SSN-571) gets underway on nuclear power for the first time]

[1961 - President Eisenhower warns of "military-industrial complex" in his farewell address - we hear you now, Ike]

       
[1971 - Super Bowl V: Baltimore Colts 16, Dallas Cowboys 13]

Good Call

What happens is not your call; what you do about it always is.

William's Whimsical Words:

So is what you don't do.

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